‘You Are Afraid to Say No’ Early on, she loved Saddam, Lampsos said. He gave her a room in his palace stocked with clothes and gifts. "He was tender," she said. "He was warm. He was nice. He was another person."But as Saddam grew older, he dyed his hair, used a relaxation mask to reduce wrinkles, and sometimes used Viagra to enhance their .....encounters, she said. "Saddam, he don't need to force anybody," she said.